From your first button to a band
Every course starts with a free lesson. Members get every lesson.
Meet Your Accordion
The parts of the three-row button accordion, its tuning, posture, safe bellows handling and your first push and pull notes.
Your First Notes
Name the notes on the middle row, read accordion diagrams and play your first note patterns.
Rhythm and Musical Basics
Pulse, tempo, note lengths, counting and the metronome, then simple norteño rhythms with bellows changes in time.
Scales and Keys
The C, G and F major scales on their own rows, intervals, crossing rows and practical scale drills.
Coordination and Bass
The left hand, bass and chord buttons, bass-chord accompaniment and keeping both hands together through bellows changes.
Your First Norteño Melody
Short original melodies: note sequences, phrasing and rhythm with pitch, built up slowly to a full beginner piece.
Introduction to Norteño Polka
Polka timing and feel, characteristic melodic shapes and a basic accompaniment, practiced with original exercises.
Corridos and Accompaniment
Corrido rhythm, melody against accompaniment, common song structures and an original corrido-style piece with a backing track.
Huapangos and Other Rhythms
Identify regional rhythms, meter and phrasing, introductory huapango patterns and how they compare with polka.
Ornaments and Technique
Articulation, grace notes, beginner ornaments, finger independence, bellows control and building speed carefully.
Ear Training
Recognize notes, simple intervals, melodic patterns and rhythmic phrases, and play back short sequences by ear.
Play With a Band
Count in, stay in time, follow song sections and understand each instrument’s role, with original practice tracks.
From Beginner to Musician
Combine your techniques, build a practice routine, play complete original pieces and assess your own playing.